Physical Education (PE)
Power, Perseverance and Discipline
Head of Department: Ms S Giddens
Our Curriculum aims:
It's simple! We want you to have lifelong health and happiness, and personal and academic excellence - through a love of participating in physical activity. We will aim to:
- develop your competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
- ensure that you are physically active for sustained periods of time
- engage you in competitive sports and activities
- lead healthy, active lives.
CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS (PE)
What we learn in PE
Lessons in PE will concentrate on developing students holistically.
Schemes of work focus on developing the skills and habits required to lead a healthy and active lifestyle throughout a student's life, whilst also supporting their personal development.
We develop our curriculum by ensuring, through a varied and extensive sport programme, that students' Personal Development (personal attributes and working with others) and Healthy and Active Lifestyle is considered.
An overview of what students will learn in PE lessons can be seen below:
| Personal Development | Healthy and Active Lifestyle | |
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Personal attributes |
Working with others |
Skills Decision making Fitness Tactics and strategies Creativity Active lifestyle |
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Motivation Resilience Risk taking Organisation Physical & mental confidence |
Leadership skills Team-work skills Listening and acting on feedback Being helpful to others Sportpersonship |
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Vehicles for Learning
In PE, students will participate in a range of different sporting activities. These different activities will be the vehicle through which we teach students the two components of PE; personal development and healthy active lifestyles. The activities that students will learn through can be seen below:
| Aesthetic Activities | Invasion Games |
Striking & Fielding Games | Net Games |
Athletics | Active Lifestyles |
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Gymnastics Dance Trampolining |
Netball Football Hockey Multi-Sport |
Cricket Rounders |
Badminton Volleyball |
Track & Field Athletics Sports Hall Athletics |
OAA Swimming Sports Leaders |
School Sport
Clubs
At Gumley, the PE department offer an extensive range of extracurricular sports clubs. The clubs are open to all students, and the department encourage students to attend clubs to build on the skills and attributes being developed within their PE lessons. Regular participation in extracurricular clubs will provide some students with the opportunity to represent the school in sports fixtures against other local schools. Throughout the course of the year we offer the following clubs:
- Indoor Athletics
- Football
- Netball
- Badminton
- Running
- Dance
- Gymnastics
- Trampolining
- Rounders
- Tennis
- Athletics
Competition
Gumley has a proud sporting history, and regularly competes in borough leagues for netball, football and rounders. We also compete in individual competitions for badminton, sports hall athletics, cross-country and athletics. Students are selected to compete in these competitions based on their ability and commitment to extracurricular clubs. Many of our sports teams have won borough leagues, and some have gone on to compete at the London Youth Games and county competitions.
We have a system of rewards in school which recognises students who have shown commitment to a particular sport for multiple years.
| Junior Colours | Senior Colours | Distinguished Colours |
| Awarded after three years of commitment to a sport. |
Awarded after five years of commitment to a sport. |
Awarded after seven years of commitment to a sport. |
Additionally, we have three major sports awards that are awarded each year. They are awarded to recognise sporting excellence alongside the values of sportspersonship, enthusiasm and commitment.
| Junior Sports Personality of the Year | Senior Sports Personality of the Year | Team of the Year |
| Awarded to a KS3 student who has demonstrated excellence, sportspersonship, enthusiasm and commitment within sport at Gumley. | Awarded to a KS4 or KS5 student who has demonstrated excellence, sportspersonship, enthusiasm and commitment within sport at Gumley. They will also demonstrate leadership qualities within their sport. | Awarded to a team that has demonstrated excellence, sportspersonship, enthusiasm and commitment within sports fixtures at Gumley. |
Community Links
Gumley has links to numerous sports clubs in the local area.
We encourage students to join community sports clubs so that they continue to develop and apply the skills and attributes learnt in PE lessons in a more competitive environment.
Sports Leaders
Gumley students have an excellent reputation as sports leaders.
We regularly take students to local primary schools to assist with their PE lessons. Students lead small groups of children, and teach them basic skills and games. Additionally, our students regularly help to run primary and secondary school sports competitions across the borough.
Physical Activity
Sports Day
Sports day is a major event in the school calendar. Each year group has a sports day, whereby students are off-timetable and compete against each other in different events to try and win points for their House. All students take part in events, and the day is a centred around mass participation. Each year group’s points are collated together to give an overall sports day champion.
Events
Physical activity is embedded within lots of school events. As part of wider school charity days, there are often physical challenges completed to raise money for charity. Events that we have run include charity walks, staff vs sixth form netball matches and the Race for Life.
Staff Sport
At Gumley, we believe staff, as well as students, should be physically active. As part of staff wellbeing, the school provide opportunities for staff to take part in fitness classes on a weekly basis.
PE in Year 7 & 8
Lifelong health and happiness, and personal and academic excellence through
a love of participating in physical activity.
In Year 9, students will build on the foundational skills learned in Year 7 and 8, and will begin to apply the skills taught more consistently within different situations.
Student outcomes at the end of Year 9 are summarised below:
| Personal Development: |
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| Healthy Active Lifestyles: |
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Sport is the vehicle through which students will learn these skills and attributes. The activities that students will cover in Year 7 and 8 are summarised below:
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Year 7 |
Year 8 |
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Gymnastics |
Gymnastics |
PE in Year 9
Lifelong health and happiness, and personal and academic excellence through
a love of participating in physical activity.
In Year 9, students will build on the foundational skills learned in Year 7 and 8, and will begin to apply the skills taught more consistently within different situations.
Student outcomes at the end of Year 9 are summarised below:
| Personal Development: |
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| Healthy Active Lifestyles: |
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Sport is the vehicle through which students will learn these skills and attributes. The activities that students will cover in Year 7 and 8 are summarised below:
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Year 9 |
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Gymnastics |
Also in Year 9, as part of the rotation carousel, students can choose to explore some of the content of the PE GCSE including:
- The components of fitness
- Fitness testing
- Musculo-skeletal system
- Cardio-respiratory system
This is an opportunity for students to trial what studying GCSE PE is like, and provides an opportunity for them to develop their understanding of fundamental knowledge that they will learn in Year 10 and 11 if they choose to study PE as a GCSE option.
PE in Years 10 & 11
Lifelong health and happiness, and personal and academic excellence through
a love of participating in physical activity.
In Years 10 and 11, students will focus on refining their skill set that has been developed in KS3 PE so that they are ready to be independently active when they leave school. Their lessons will focus on giving them greater ownership over their learning, and they will be able to have more choice of the activities they take part in during PE lessons.
Student outcomes at the end of Year 11 are summarised below:
| Personal Development: |
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| Healthy Active Lifestyles: |
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Sport is the vehicle through which students will learn these skills and attributes. The activities that students will cover in Year 10 and 11 are summarised below:
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Year 10 & 11 |
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Netball |
GCSE PE (Year 10 & 11)
What does studying GCSE PE look like?
When studying GCSE PE, you will cover seven theory units over two years. They are:
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Movement Analysis
- Physical Training
- Data Analysis
- Sport Psychology
- Socio-Cultural Influences
- Health, Fitness and Wellbeing
You will also be assessed in three sports as part of your practical assessment. You must be assessed in a team sport, an individual sport and then one ‘free choice’ sport.
The final assessment is a written piece of coursework. You will need to analyse your performance in a chosen sport, and then devise an action plan to address your fitness weaknesses.
What are the aims of this course?
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport.
- Analyse and evaluate the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport.
- Demonstrate and apply relevant skills and techniques in physical activity and sport. Analyse and evaluate performance.
How will I be assessed in GCSE PE?
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Assessment |
Content |
Weighting |
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Paper 1 Exam |
Anatomy and Physiology |
30% |
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Paper 2 Exam |
Sport Psychology |
30% |
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Non-Examined Assessment |
Practical Performance in Sport x 3 |
40% |
Course Requirements
As part of studying GCSE PE, it is a requirement that students attend a minimum of one extracurricular club in school, and one outside of school, on a regular basis. This is essential to supporting students in the non-examined assessments (NEA), in which they will be required to be assessed in three different sports.
A Level PE (Year 12 & 13)
What does studying A Level PE look like?
When studying A Level PE, you will cover six theory units over two years. They are:
- Applied Anatomy & Physiology
- Skill Acquisition
- Sport and Society
- Exercise Physiology
- Biomechanical Movement
- Sport Psychology
- Sport and Society & the Role of Technology in Physical Activity and Sport
You will also be assessed in one sport, and will have to complete a piece of coursework that analyses and evaluates your performance in your chosen sport.
What are the aims of this course?
- Develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin physical activity and sport and use this knowledge to improve performance
- Understand how physiological and psychological states affect performance
- Understand the key socio-cultural factors that influence people's involvement in physical activity and sport
- Understand the role of technology in physical activity and sport
- Refine students ability to perform effectively in physical activity and sport by developing skills and techniques and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas
- Develop their ability to analyse and evaluate to improve performance
- Understand the contribution which physical activity makes to health and fitness
- Improve as effective and independent learners and as critical and reflective thinkers with curious and enquiring minds.
How will I be assessed in A Level PE?
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Assessment |
Content |
Weighting |
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Paper 1: Exam Factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport |
Applied Anatomy & Physiology |
35% |
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Paper 2: Exam Factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport |
Exercise Physiology |
35% |
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Non-Examined Assessment (NEA) |
Practical Performance in Sport (x 1) |
30% |
Course Requirements
As part of studying A Level PE, it is essential that students are participating in a sport outside of school. This will enable them to access the NEA, which is worth 30% of their total A Level.
To be able to study A Level PE, students must have studied GCSE PE. They are required to have achieved a grade 6 in both GCSE PE and GCSE Science.
For further information about studying A Level PE, please visit our Sixth Form course guide.
Where can Physical Education take me?
Become a Physiotherapist, Sports psychologist, PE teacher, Nutritionist, Professional athlete, Sports reporter, coach, Biomechanical scientist, Exercise physiologist, Health care professional, sports marketing, sports photographer, sports writer/editor, hospitality (sports events), events management (sports events), sports analyst, sports scientist.